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Packed room in Westminster for an @ukonward event asking why young people are leaving the Conservatives in droves. Penny Mordaunt, Matt Hancock & Tom Tugendhat on panel. Building on @JamesKanag’s research into the generation gap which threatens to cost the Tories at future GEs.
Pollster @JamesKanag makes a fascinating point - by pushing urbanisation and a city-centric economy, the Tories are making it harder for themselves to form majorities because moving to cities generally makes people more left wing.
There is a “massive, massive ticking time bomb under the Consevative party’s electoral coalition,” @JamesKanag warns Tories in the room.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says people used to think about voting Tory “when they got their first pay cheque” but now it’s “when they get their first winter fuel allowance”
Hancock says that the Consevative party’s prospects are “bleak” if it doesn’t don’t overhaul its brand quickly
Penny Mordaunt sets out her version for what the Tory party’s next leader should be: “Not hero politicians, but servant leaders.” Sounds awfully like a campaign catchphrase.
